Connectomics (noun): The application of neural imaging, cutting-edge computing, and microscopic anatomy to improve our maps and models of a nervous system. Again, it’s often used to describe efforts to map connections in the human brain.

The Connectome (proper noun): A blog about incredibly cool things that are happening in neuroscience.

“Direct your eye right inward, and you’ll find a thousand regions in your mind yet undiscovered. Travel them, and be expert in home-cosmography.”

-Thoreau

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The human brain contains around 84 billion neurons, making several hundred trillion interconnections. The better we understand these patterns of connectivity, the better we understand ourselves. In short, neuroscience is awesome. This is a blog about it.